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Personal info

Full name
TRUMAN, Earl W
Date of birth
6 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Idaho
Hometown
Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
36845407
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 6 63

Immediate family

Members
Walter E. Truman (father)
Mabel B. Truman (mother)
Elmer Truman (brother)
Milton Truman (brother)
Lyle Truman (brother)
Raymond Truman (brother)
Elva Truman (sister)
Marion B. Truman (wife)
James Truman (son)
Donald Truman (son)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: Joseph Brouwier, The Milwaukee Journal 6 April 1945